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Dan Lewis had the pleasure of presenting “Civil Engineering Site Selection Considerations” to the American Institute of Architect’s Southwest Michigan Branch recently. Custer hosted the presentation from their beautiful offices on the 15th Floor of the Exchange Building in downtown Kalamazoo.  The views were awesome! If your architectural firm would like more information on this subject, we are happy to come to your office and present directly to your staff. These presentations are eligible for 1 hour of educational credit.  Just contact Dan Lewis at dan@vkcivil.com to set something up.

We are very excited to announce the addition of Zach Boeve to our private development design team. Zach comes to us with 7 years of experience engineering private site development projects. Welcome aboard Zach! The private development team also includes engineers Dan Lewis, Colin Finch, and Aaron Van Proyen as well as CAD operators Nicole French and Quel Shannon. We are thankful for the growth and the many clients we have the privilege to serve. If you are in need of a site plan or other development design assistance, our team has the capacity and is ready to serve [...]

Merry Christmas and thank you! We were able to once again celebrate a fantastic year at our annual client Christmas luncheon. Thanks to all who were able to attend and enjoy great fellowship, meaningful conversations, and laughter. Vriesman & Korhorn is blessed to serve fantastic people and communities, and we are grateful for their trust. Have a wonderful holiday season as we celebrate the Savior’s birth! The Vriesman & Korhorn family

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is helping to address drinking water infrastructure needs throughout Michigan with the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan program. The DWSRF program is designed to assist water suppliers in satisfying requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and improving drinking water quality by offering low-interest loans. Water suppliers who own either a community water supply or a non-community water supply that operates as a non-profit (which typically would need to bond through another eligible entity) can qualify to receive DWSRF assistance. Qualified water suppliers may apply to borrow [...]

This week marks the ten-year anniversary of VK Civil. On August 30, 2011, Rod Korhorn and Nate Vriesman began operating from Nate’s unfinished basement. There was not a lot of work in Michigan because of the “Great Recession,” and Rod and Nate did not know how their past and prospective clients would react. “My back-up plan was to deliver pizzas,” said Nate smiling. “Each of us had young families which made it a stressful decision.” Within a couple of months Byron, Gaines, and Jamestown Townships decided that they would use VK Civil for their civil engineering services. Rod passed [...]

We are very excited to announce the opening of a Kalamazoo office!  It is located at 4664 Campus Drive in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  In late January Dan Lewis joined our team and is leading this effort.  We are expanding our geographic footprint and will be providing municipal engineering services to Southwest Michigan.  Dan also brings years of private development experience, and we are expanding our private services throughout Michigan and Indiana.  Please help us celebrate by checking out our redesigned website vkcivil.com and by following us on Facebook and LinkedIN at the tabs below.